拍品 124
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A DENDRITIC 'MOSS' AGATE BOTTLE
A DENDRITIC 'MOSS' AGATE BOTTLE

1730-1840

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A DENDRITIC 'MOSS' AGATE BOTTLE
1730-1840
Of compressed spherical shape, the well-hollowed grayish-beige stone with amber flecks and mossy striations suggestive of goldfish swimming amongst aquatic plants, stopper
2 1/8in. (5.4cm.) high

拍品專文

This extremely well-hollowed and detailed example is an unusually dynamic version of the 'moss agate type,' the markings implying a powerful evocation of fish and drifting aquatic flora. For a bottle in very similar material, see L. S. Perry, Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Adventures and Studies of a Collector, Rutland, Vermont, 1960, p. 65, no. 46. See, also, another example in similar material illustrated in R. Kleiner, Treasures from the Sanctum of Enlightened Respect: Chinese Snuff Bottles for the Collection of Denis Low, Singapore, 1999, no. 176.